| 100% | MANDOLIN | 8 | Lute-related string instrument that's a staple in country music |
| 74% | HARMONICA | 9 | Free reed wind instrument that's a staple in country music |
| 74% | BANJO | 5 | Stringed instrument that's a staple in country music |
| 63% | DOBRO | 5 | Resonator guitar that's a staple in country music |
| 61% | BASS | 4 | Low-pitched guitar that's a staple in country music |
| 60% | FIDDLE | 6 | Violin's alias that's a staple in country music |
| 53% | OBOE | 4 | Musical instrument that's a staple in orchestras |
| 43% | RICE | 4 | Grain that's a staple in Chinese cuisine |
| 42% | OUD | 3 | A lute-like instrument played in Arabic countries |
| 40% | BANJO | 5 | Plucked instrument that's common in bluegrass music |
| 40% | COMPUTER | 8 | (3/4) Electronic device that's a staple in offices |
| 38% | GARYINDIANA | 11 | City that's a song title in "The Music Man" |
| 37% | ALLY | 4 | Country that's on your side in a war |
| 37% | SITAR | 5 | String instrument in Hindustani music |
| 37% | SITAR | 5 | String instrument in the lute family |
| 37% | ORGANS | 6 | Instruments that provide music in churches |
| 37% | HOEDOWN | 7 | Country music party in a barn |
| 37% | DRUMS | 5 | Instrument that comes in a kit |
| 35% | VIOLA | 5 | Instrument in a string quartet |
| 35% | CELLO | 5 | Instrument in a string quartet |
| 35% | PIANO | 5 | Instrument that contains strings but isn't a string instrument |
| 34% | GRANDOLEOPRY | 12 | Country music program with related attractions in Nashville, Tennessee: 3 wds. |
| 34% | CELLO | 5 | String ensemble instrument related to a violin |
| 34% | ZAC | 3 | ___ Brown Band, country music band that won a Grammy for their hit song "As She's Walking Away" |
| 34% | OUD | 3 | Lute-like instrument played in Arabic countries |
| 34% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that's a homonym of "loot" |
| 34% | EGYPT | 5 | Did you know, that a city named after 44a is in Cairo's country? |
| 34% | ZITHER | 6 | String instrument common in Central European folk music placed horizontally and plucked |
| 34% | JOHNNYCASH | 10 | Country music legend honored on a postage stamp in 2013: 2 wds. |
| 34% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that serves as a sex toy in a Lydia Davis story |